Daily Reviews Summary 07/08/07

North America Funcom Company which developed Anarchy online will release Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures RPG. This game will be sold in the second quarter of 2007 and it is the first RPG game under Microsoft Vista. Funcom will take charge of the development while Microsoft provides Vista hardware and software support and see to issue and propagandize. And the game optimized for windows Vista specially.

Modular power supply units are recommended for people who seek easy cable management with high wattage PSUs designed for SLI or Crossfire configurations. They're great for everyday usage or for overclocking as well. Today, we look at OCZ's high powered 720W Evostream Power Supply featuring EZmod Advance Cable Management system designed for the kind of users just mentioned.

So, what we have here is a reviewer that has never done full blown water cooling, and a new water cooling kit from Gigabyte, the 3D Galaxy II. Will this kit finally bridge the gap of the low cost and high performance? Will the installation and maintenance be easy enough for a n00b like myself? These are all questions I hope to answer

SoftPedia published an article about uninstalling Windows Vista and restoring the previous version of Windows

Uninstalling Windows Vista and restoring the previously deployed version of Windows – be it Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 or even a low level edition of Vista – is quite a task. If you don't know your way around the command prompts, then you'd better stay away from this one or ask for help. But otherwise, there is nothing stopping you from manually removing Windows Vista and replace it with the previous Windows platform you had installed. But be advised, the process does require a "steady hand" as it is laborious and full of meanders. Microsoft has yet to automate the removal of Windows Vista and there are no signs that point to this feature with the first service pack for the operating system.

With great temps come great noise; even in my computer filled office. So I switched things back to smart fan, and the noise level dropped considerably. Temperature gone up from 27C to 30C, which really is not that bad of a trade-off for a quieter system.

Overall I was very impressed by the Coolink Silentator. It performed very well, especially considering that by all accounts it is a budget cooler (RRP is around $40aud cheaper then the Noctua). While there are a couple of things that could be better, this cooler is without a doubt a good investment if you are currently in the market.

Our friends at Vizo have sent us one of their latest products for review, the Vizo Ares SATA Mobile Rack and I found it to be an excellent product overall. Personally I like mobile racks for their ability to be, well, mobile, it's nice to be able to easily swap a drive from one computer to the next, especially if you are transporting large amounts of data. The Vizo Ares is a basic looking product that features active cooling and a security key lock system as well that further enhances it's value...

Looking back now, things seemed so different in my coverage of the iPhone announcement... I talked the most about the phones features, rather than the user experience. And that's what the iPhone has come to symbolize. It doesn't have 3G speeds, GPS, Adobe Flash or stereo Bluetooth capabilities, but judging from the long lines and sold out stores this past weekend it doesn't seem to matter that much. What does seem to matter is making the experience easier and more convenient, and having it all in one device. The content of the ads (unlike most other phone ads which tell you what their products can do) showed you what the product does along with how it gets done. People could see how easy getting around the phone was, and that's what they wanted. After all, what good is a phone if the features are too difficult for most people to utilize? But would a huge bug with the data and phone service be enough to sour my experience?

Howtoforge posted a guide about installing ModSecurity2 on Debian Etch

This article shows how to install and configure ModSecurity (version 2) for use with Apache2 on a Debian Etch system. ModSecurity is an Apache module that provides intrusion detection and prevention for web applications. It aims at shielding web applications from known and unknown attacks, such as SQL injection attacks, cross-site scripting, path traversal attacks, etc.